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Problema: disforia di genere e anomalie della differenziazione sessuale

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Andrologia clinica

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Per transessualismo si indica una condizione in cui il soggetto interessato sente di appartenere al sesso opposto a quello anagrafico e biologico. Il transessualismo è associato a un impulso irrefrenabile di passare definitivamente al nuovo sesso.

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  1. Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital, Belgium 9K12IE, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Guy G. R. T’Sjoen

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  1. Center of Dermatology and Andrology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

    Wolf-Bernhard Schill

  2. Center for Medical and Urological Andrology and Reproductive Endocrinology, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

    Frank Comhaire

  3. Department of Oncology, University of Edinburgh Human Genetics Building, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

    Timothy B. Hargreave

  4. Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Medica, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma, Italy

    Andrea Lenzi MD (Professore Ordinario di Endocrinologia Direttore, Presidente della Società Italiana di Andrologia e Medicina della Sessualità) (Professore Ordinario di Endocrinologia Direttore, Presidente della Società Italiana di Andrologia e Medicina della Sessualità)

  5. Unità di Fisiopatologia della Riproduzione, Andrologia e Diagnosi Endocrinologiche Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Medica, “Sapienza” Università di Roma, Roma, Italy

    Andrea M. Isidori MD, PhD (Ricercatore in Endocrinologia) (Ricercatore in Endocrinologia)

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T’Sjoen, G.G.R. (2010). Problema: disforia di genere e anomalie della differenziazione sessuale. In: Schill, WB., Comhaire, F., Hargreave, T.B., Lenzi, A., Isidori, A.M. (eds) Andrologia clinica. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1487-9_7

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